---
title: 'Outside The Yellow: A Review of Leasing Activity Over the Last 12 Months'
author: David
date: '2018-04-12'
slug: outside-the-yellow-a-review-of-leasing-activity-over-the-last-12-months
categories:
- leasing activity
- Peer Analysis
tags:
- leasing activity
- Competior Analysis
---
Data Sources and Methodology
Downloaded all lease activity for the prior twelve months using DrillingInfo.
Joined leases level data to sections for mapping purposes.
Identied trends in company leasing activity.
Based on the previous twelve month time period in the Permian Basin, there are ~150,000 more records in the database compared to the DI landtrac system and is about a month ahead on filings.
Highlights
Continental Resources is expanding its New Mexico stealth play into the Northern Midland Basin.
Beginning in the 2H of 2017, the company began acquiring leases in Andrews, Dawson and Gaines Counties.
Continental recently permitted two horizontal wells in New Mexico.
Devon Energy has filed multiple leases in Brewster County near Apache’s Alpine High play during 3Q’17.
In 2017, the company drilled a single vertical wildcat on its acreage and there has been no activity since then.
After selling out to Parsley, Double Eagle is back at it with leases filed in the Southern Delaware, Central Basin Platform and Midland Basin.
A scatter shot of leases have been filed in the San Andreas play around Seminole and also in the Eastern Midland Basin in Scurry County.
Use the map to filter by company and time period. The reset filter will add all polygons back on the map.